The Iranian Ministry of Interior has recently announced that approximately three million Afghan migrants have been expelled from the country over the past three years.
Nadiyar Ahmadi, head of the Migration Affairs Center at the Ministry of Interior, stated in the Islamic Consultative Assembly that difficult conditions in Afghanistan have led to the expelled migrants re-entering Iran.
Mr. Ahmadi emphasized that Iranian security forces are working to expel refugees who have entered Iran illegally.
The head of the Migration Affairs Center added that Afghan migrants who have previously lived in Iran benefit from certain privileges.
He mentioned that among the graduates from Afghanistan in Iran, there are about 700 specialized doctors.
He further explained that a second group consists of migrants who have moved to Iran due to the war conditions in Afghanistan.
Nadiyar Ahmadi stressed that some Iranian employers, by violating labor laws, have employed migrants, and these individuals now consider themselves “entitled” and are unwilling to leave Iran.
He said, “We are trying to manage this issue through negotiations with Iranian employers and also by imposing restrictions on undocumented individuals.”
The head of the Migration Affairs Center at the Ministry of Interior stated that currently, about three to four thousand people enter Iran legally each day, and due to unfavorable border conditions, some individuals enter illegally.
He expressed hope that changes in border conditions would reduce the number of these individuals entering the country.
This senior migration official of the Islamic Republic noted that in the last three years, about one million undocumented migrants have been expelled from Iran annually, with nearly half leaving the country voluntarily.
Iran has consistently forcibly expelled Afghan migrant citizens from the country, and this trend has increased following the takeover of the interim government.
